Everyone knows that movies take a
lot of money to make. We are constantly bombarded with how much a certain movie
brought in at the box office, compared to what it cost to make. Add special
effects, and high paid actors, and the price tag just keeps going up. But what
is the most expensive movie ever made? There are a few out there that have come
awfully close and many more that have a price tag that is absolutely
jaw-dropping but the movie that was the most expensive movie to make was the
Russian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace; Война и мир; Voyna i
mir.

The movie was made in 1968 for just over one
hundred million dollars and it took seven years to complete the filming. The
movie is approximately eight hours long and when it was first released, ran in
four different parts. The movie has also broken another record. The scene that
features the Battle of Borodino is recorded in the Guinness Book of World
Records as being one of the largest battles ever filmed. The estimated adjusted
cost was just over five hundred million dollars.